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port of entry

maritime sea port which provides border control, visa check, and immigration services for foreign nationals arriving in a country on incoming cruise liners
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Summary

port of entry is a port[1]. It draws 847 Wikipedia views per month (port category, ranking #1,765 of 507).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: venue[3], building[4], border control[5]
  • Part of: border[6], immigration law[7]
  • Commons category: Ports of entry[8]
  • Has part(s): border checkpoint[9], border crossing[10], border city[11], boundary marker[12]
  • Different from: airport of entry[13], border crossing[14]

Why It Matters

port of entry has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). port of entry. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/port-of-entry
MLA “port of entry.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/port-of-entry.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_port-of-entry_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{port of entry}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/port-of-entry}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → border checkpoint, border crossing, border city +1
    Part of → border, immigration law
    Instance of → port
    Wikidata description → maritime sea port which provides border control, visa check, and immigration ser
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: border control"
  2. 11d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'ku', 'pt', 'sn', 'zh']
    Different from → airport of entry, border crossing
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: airport of entry"
  3. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ports-of-entry
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ports-of-entry, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948939|ports of entry (#289948939)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  4. 11w ago · VileGecko · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Ports of entry
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Commons category: Ports of entry"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) → border checkpoint, border crossing, border city +1
    Part of → border, immigration law
    Has parts → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565775005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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